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(ModeL) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. L. H. MAOOMBER.

FLYING TARGET.

No. 326,664. Patented Sept. 22, 1885.

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(Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. L. H. MAGOMBER.

FLYING TARGET.

No. 326,664. Patented $ept. 22, 1885.

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LOUIS H. MACOMBER, OF MONTEVIDEO, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ARGHIBALD M. ELLITHORP, OF SAME PLACE.

FLYING TARGET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,664, dated September 22,1885.

Application filed February 5, 1885.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1', Louis H. MAcoMBEn, of Montevideo, in the county of Chippewa and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and 5 Improved Flying Target, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved flying target which drops as soon as it is struck by shot, a ball, or other IO missile, does not break, and can be folded very compactly.

The invention consists of the combinations of parts and their construction, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth,and pointed out in K5 the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional e1evation of my improved flying target closed. Fig. 2 is a face view of the same opened. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are side views of modi fications of the same. Fig. 8 is a crosssec- 2 tional view of another modification. the wing being held against the target. Fig. 9 is a view in side elevation thereof opened.

The flat cone-shaped target A, made of sheet metal, compressed paper, wood pulp, or

other non -breakable material, is provided with a conical wing, B, having a tongue, 0, which is hinged by means of a ring, D, to the rim of the target A, the said wing fitting closely and snugly against the inner side of 3 target, and is held in place by means of cement, E, or a suitable catch, F, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The target is thrown in the usual manner, and when it is struck by the shot or other missile the wing B is released from the target at one of its ends, andis thrown out by the centrifugal force. The weight of the said wing acting on the rim of the target, and the resistance offered by the wing and target, cause the target to drop as soon as it is struck. The wing is held to the inner side of the target by the cement or catch until the target receives a jar or shock, as it does when struck by shot, &c.

In the construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4 (Mmlchl the target A and the wing B are formed of parts of a hollow ball.

In Fig. 3 the smaller wing rests on the outer convex surface of the target, and in Fig. 4 the concave sides face each other, the target and wing being of the same size and held together at the edges.

In Fig. 5 the target and wing are of the same size, and each consists of a quarter or like part of a hollow ball hinged together at the angles.

In Fig. 6 the target and wing are of the same size, and each is formed of half a hollow ball.

. In Fig. 7 the target consists of part of a hollow ball, and the wing consists of a cir- 6 cular plate adapted to close the opening of the target.

In the modification shown in Figs. 8 and 9 an annular groove, T, is formed in the cupshaped target by pressing apart of the ma- 7O terial inward, thereby forming an annular ridge on the inner surface of the target. The wing B is provided with a notch or slot, W, which gives the wing spring-tension. To hold the wing 011 the inside of the target it is swung 7 5 up against the under side and pressed together. \Vhen it expands, it catches on the head or ridge formed on the inside of the target, and is thus held in place as well as if it were held by cement or a spring-catch. The 8 action is the same in all cases.

Glass or clay balls or targets are often struck by shot, but not broken, and are counted as a miss, and against the marksmamwhereas they should be counted for him. My improved 85 target drops as soon as it is struck, and mistakes are impossible.

As the targets cannot be broken, they can 'be used a number of times, and there is no danger of breaking them during transporta- 0 tion. They occupy less space than other targets, as they need not be packed in straw, hay, &c.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 5 Patent, is

1. The combination, with a cupshaped or conical target having an annular head or projection on its inner surface, of a wing hinged 3. The combinatiomwith the target A, of the on the said target and adapted to catch on the wing B and the ring 1), together with a cemsaid head or projection, substantially as hereent for temporarily holding the wing at one in shown and described. edge to the target, substantially as and for the 5 2. The combination, with a cup-shaped or purposes set forth.

conical target having an annular head or pro- LOUIS H MAUOMBER jection on its inner surface, of a wing hinged I on the target and provided with a notch or Witnesses: recess to give the wing spring-tension, sub- M. E. TITUs, 1o stantially as herein shown and described. LUoIUs F. CLARK. 

